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I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the back usually showed gameplay shots.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, where they put the superior Amiga screenshots on the back of your ZX Spectrum game

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Lol how was that allowed? It's a complete different version.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 4 months ago

If you think it's an unregulated mess now, take a look at the home computer scene in the mid-80s. Absolute wild west, dude.

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

In today's gaming envoriment large companies can make promise after promise, deliver on none of them and walk away like nothing happened. The worst thing that can happen is some people calling you bad names online. What makes you think advertisement would be more ethical at a time no one gave a shit about gaming?

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

The scene was too small back then for anyone to pay attention. Most microcomputer developers were selling games out of their garage via mail order.